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Reynold posted:Does anybody have any info on the NBC Sports Gold Indycar Pass? Still just listed as "coming soon" on their site, but I'd be interested to know how their service works and how much it costs. Not a whole lot of info unfortunately. Marshall Pruett had Jay Frye on the podcast and they did touch on it a little. A viewer mentioned that the current Gold pass doesn't actually have live races, so its not a replacement for people who don't have cable but still want to pay for Indycar. Frye said that he understood the problem, and that they are working on something they think will fill that gap for fans (i'm paraphrasing cause I don't think they do transcripts) https://racer.com/2018/12/24/the-week-in-indycar-dec-24-with-series-president-jay-frye/
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There’s really only 4 street circuits on the schedule (one a double header), and all are pretty good, even Detroit these days. Rossi saving fuel vs charging RHR rocked last year. Honestly it’s to the point that I hope they DONT cut any street circuits cause I like the challenge/variety. What a great place to be in.
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The Kimoa Kid posted:SHORT I would agree if the show hadn't been so bad there lately. Still would be down to go back to Richmond.
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watching Rossi, Newgarden, Pigot, and Daly play online racing and talking like normal people their age is pretty wild also rossi's xbox live name as "SaucyRossi27" is a delight
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Some cool IndyCar news: Testing new LED panels from a new supplier this week (sounds like its from Cosworth and will integrate into the data loom), hopefully will be ready to go for the year. https://racer.com/2019/01/11/indycar-set-to-try-again-on-led-panels/ Charlie Kimball will be back with Carlin, not sure for how many races though as there are some rumors it will be part time. https://twitter.com/racewithinsulin/status/1083768499154051073 Wickens continues to be the best: https://twitter.com/robertwickens/status/1083812048046157824
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The testing blackout ended today, and testing started for some teams. A bunch of others are waiting until February for better temps. Looks like Veach's sponsor is trying out another brand from their stable: https://twitter.com/vincent1701/status/1085256130203451392 e: also the addition of that little white stripe on the rear cowling really helps the #10 i think. https://twitter.com/vincent1701/status/1085280664616947712 Cygni fucked around with this message at 00:51 on Jan 16, 2019 |
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Hinch fastest of the 11 cars at Sebring today (although there were multiple tire compounds being run) 1. James Hinchcliffe, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports-Honda, 51.37sec 2. Zach Veach, Andretti Autosport-Honda, 51.46sec 3. Takuma Sato, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda, 51.48sec 4. Ryan Hunter-Reay, Andretti Autosport-Honda, 51.62sec 5. Alexander Rossi, Andretti Autosport-Honda, 51.66sec 6. Ed Jones, Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet, 51.85sec 7. Felix Rosenqvist, Chip Ganassi Racing-Honda, 51.97sec 8. Marcus Ericsson, Schmidt Peterson Motorsports-Honda, 52.00sec 9. Spencer Pigot, Ed Carpenter Racing-Chevrolet, 52.03sec 10. Marco Andretti, Andretti Autosport-Honda, 52.13sec 11. Graham Rahal, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing-Honda, 52.23sec https://www.motorsport.com/indycar/news/hinchcliffe-fastest-indycar-test-sebring/4324509/
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Yeah, they don't run the runway portions cause A) they are bumpy as gently caress and B) they want to simulate the slower portions of streetcircuits that are more important to laptimes, and running down the straight doesn't really do that. This is the old aerokit/electronics, but probably the best highres onboard for the Sebring short course they run, using the access roads to cut through and setup a goofy pitlane on. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NbHrjEmZAU
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Some delightful noises from testing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN8mm1KopUY
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Rolling out a car for Wickens is a classy move. Not sure I like the livery (compared to some of the wilder schemes theyve run lately) but pretty great to see a company step up to sponsor two cars like that. 
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https://twitter.com/robertwickens/status/1087788454392418304 The fact that the dude has feeling/control enough to make a few steps is insanely encouraging.
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The Bourdais/Vasser/Sullivan/Coyne project will continue for at least 2019 and 2020. https://racer.com/2019/01/23/new-multi-year-deal-for-bourdais-coyne-vasser-sullivan/
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Andretti is going to announce a driver for one of its Indy 500 rides tomorrow morning. Rumor is that it is Conor Daly.
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Conor got lots of praise for his Harding stint. Glad Andretti is rewarding him with a ride. That’s 30 confirmed car+drivers for Indy. Juncos, D&R, Coyne, Foyt, and SPM all have rumors/speculation about entries too.
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i think we are gonna like Felix https://twitter.com/PremaFANS/status/1090331988089860102
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4 years? Group 1001 is definitely laundering money or something right? Like i know they do lots of big insurance... uh... poo poo... but still.
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Honda's North America HQ is right down the street in Torrance (near where Toyota used to be), so I kinda expected they would pick the race up. If nothing else, its a good gently caress you to Toyota, and Honda LOVES doing that maybe more than anything else .
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https://twitter.com/indy44/status/1091368335197888512 Wonder what "significant" thing they could announce at this point? I thought they already signed a multi year extension last year.
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Fauxhawk Express posted:The self hating fan in me hopes that an announcement being leaked days in advance wouldn't be for Firestone withdrawing I don't think they would have Mario and Ed there if that was the case. I guess the "multi year" deal was signed in 2017, so this could be an extension.
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I'll probably get it, but im not enthusiastic about it. If it had the races too, would be a different story.
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I assume it was a condition that either NBC or ABC would have demanded. I doubt any network is gonna just leave that stuff on the table these days when they are all trying to beef up their streaming platforms.
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Reynold posted:O'Ward parting with Harding Steinbrenner before the start of the season! Man I hope this dude lands a good ride. This sucks an rear end. Harding has now messed up the driver contract situation two years in a row by apparently thinking sponsorship was just going to land in his lap magically. Carlin and Juncos have open dates in their cars, but frankly Pato deserves more. The Kimoa Kid posted:What the gently caress ever happened to the aeroscreen? Apparently there is going to be a release about it this week as part of the off season series meetings with all the teams/drivers at COTA. Frye did say on Pruett's podcast a few weeks ago that they weren't 100% satisfied with the results on ovals, and there were new prototypes in testing.
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Interesting top 5 in the first session: https://twitter.com/IndyCar/status/1095385038118477825
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Green again. Even on Twitter live: https://twitter.com/IndyCar/status/1095419846848737280
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Askew and VeeKay moving up to Lights will be fun this year. Weird that Kyle Kirkwood hasn't announced anything yet. I imagine he's got some competing development offers on the table, though.
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Maybe 8 races but no Indy or something? I know Michael has said no more cars from him for May.
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Herta to P1 again, this time by 7 tenths. Either Harding is running out of spec like Bourdais suggested or Colton is a god. Also another disaster of a trip for Foyt. After packing up and leaving Laguna without turning any laps, Tony has run 13 laps in the last 2 days at COTA. Cygni fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Feb 13, 2019 |
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RHR won 2 races, both in impressive fashion, and had four 2nd place finishes. New car definitely seems to suit him better than the red barron era. He's absolutely a contender, but beating the Dixon/Power/Rossi trio is going to be tough i think.
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Basticle posted:whiny is a personality but enough about Graham!!
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i mean i would take his money too thats the best part of taking ridebuyer money: they put their money in your pocket and more often than not get nothing out of it
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Enerson tested with Carlin again at Sebring today, looking more and more likely that he will be in the car for the early season races that Chuck isnt doing, like COTA/Bama/Long Beach. Also the sponsor is Craft 1861, a cannabis derived CBD company who i think will be the first weed sponsor on a big car (hell yeah)  Also IndyCar just announced coverage in New Zealand and Australia so it feels like Surfers is commin. Cygni fucked around with this message at 04:15 on Feb 19, 2019 |
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the rhino horn lives! was wondering if we would see it again
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gret posted:When was this previously mentioned as a possible cockpit solution? This seemed to me to have come completely out of left field. It was tested a few times like years and years ago i think? The worry at the time was that the bottom of another car would slide up the nose and hit the driver. The horn would hopefully deflect car up. The drivers didn't mind iirc because thats already where the radio antenna fin is mounted. Things like the Herta/Barron wreck, or really anytime one car submarines under another: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRXymgWiRcY
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I think a canopy could look Cool but I would lament the loss of the “rawness” of seein the driver out in the air workin n poo poo. I dunno. I like IndyCar though, first race is commin up. So that’s cool. Alright check ya later
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FuzzySkinner posted:I do wonder if international governments will figure IndyCar to be more of a cost effective form of grand prix racing to hold over F1? That was Bernie's #1 worry in the mid 90s, and he pushed Tony George into the split and strong armed Brazil/UK/Germany into building 3 weird ovals instead of letting them run at road courses to kill CARTs momentum. These days, I think IndyCar is too small time economically to really be a worry to F1. The F1 race scam targets governments desperate for "World Stage", old boys club attention and extorts them for the privilege. IndyCar won't really give them that.
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Update on DragonSpeed, engine is in the car so I guess thats a plus. At least they seem to have a good/realistic attitude about what they bit off. https://racer.com/2019/02/21/dragonspeed-prepping-for-indycar-debut/
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u little rascal
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